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Rice porridge with mushrooms and winged kelp

wakame butter rice porridge
Savoury porridge is not the first dish that springs to the mind of most Westerners, but in Asian cuisine, rice porridge is a popular dish that can be enjoyed at any time of day. Just as easy to make as its sweeter cousin, just as filling, and just as delicious – if not more so! If you want to infuse your rice porridge with extra seaweed goodness, you can substitute the water for homemade dashi (seaweed stock). Just be careful to adjust the salt levels if you choose to do this, because dashi is naturally salted due to its seaweed component. Top with crispy onions for a naughty-yet-delicious treat!
Makes 4 portions

Ingredients:

225g short grain rice
1180ml water
10g dried mushrooms
80g oyster mushroom
150g chestnut mushrooms
2 small sheets of sugar kelp
5g dried winged kelp leaves
2 tsp salt
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp sesame oil
2 tbsp sesame seeds

Directions:

1)
Wash the rice and then leave to soak in cold water for 30 minutes.
2)
Submerge the winged kelp in cold water and leave to soak until tender.
3)
In a frying pan or wok, heat up the sesame oil. Add the rice and toss for 2 minutes until well coated, then cover with water.
4)
Add the dry mushrooms, sugar kelp and salt. Simmer for 15 minutes.
5)
Clean and chop the mushrooms. Heat the vegetable oil in a pan over a medium-high heat, and fry the mushrooms until golden brown.
6)
Drain, rinse and pat dry the winged kelp, then add to the porridge together with three quarters of the fried mushrooms and continue simmering for 15 minutes, until the desired consistency is reached.
7)
Transfer the porridge into the bowls, top with reserved mushrooms and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

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Whole leaf dried winged kelp. Similar to Japanese wakame, winged kelp has a fresh and slightly nutty flavour. We use winged kelp as the base for many of our products due to its versatile nature and well-balanced flavour profile. Simmer the dried winged kelp in hot water for a couple of minutes for a vibrantly green vegetable that will liven up a huge variety of dishes. Garnish your soups and salads with small pieces of rehydrated kelp to enhance flavour, nutrition and texture. Get creative in the kitchen with this delicious ocean vegetable.
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